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Question: What was the purpose of the ziggurats!?
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Temples, massive altars, tributes to the Gods!.!.!.

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Temples
Temples were originally built on platforms!. During the third millennium B!.C!., these were made higher and bigger!. Eventually it was decided to build even higher temples on platforms which were stepped!.
These stepped towers we call ziggurats!. By 2000 B!.C!. mud-brick ziggurats were being constructed in many Sumerian cities!. Later, ziggurats were constructed in Babylonian and Assyrian cities!.
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